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1975, I just won the Del Mar Bahne Cadillac National Skateboard Championship.

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After that, I got on the Johnny Carson Show.

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And after that I got shuttled to Hawaii to promote skateboarding on the island.

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Well, while I was skateboarding through Waikiki Beach,

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Some great big huge Samoan guy came out,

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Grabbed me off the sidewalk, put me under his arm, and carried me back into a construction site where these guys were working.

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They told me, "You better be pretty good, Brah, or we gonna pound you!"

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And so I thought, "Well I'm a Skateboarder, I put on shows, I can certainly do this.

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So I put on a show for them.

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And they're all sitting around drinking Primo beer and clapping through the whole routine.

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After I got done, they said, "Hey, you pretty good, Brah. You come back anytime and we give you plenty Primo beer, anything you want. Thanks for the show."

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Skateboarding got me out of a lot of trouble through life.

And that was just one of the experiences I had over in Hawaii.

Helping Skateboarding saved my life.

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Art Work By:
Decomposed Skateboards
Witter Cheng

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